Harvill Secker wins Elaine Feeney's first novel at auction

Irish poet Elaine Feeney’s "dazzlingly inventive" debut novel As You Were will be published by Harvill Secker following an auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 15:33:42 UTC ]

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Owen Nicholls’ debut novel is chock-full of movie references, but he delves deeply into the intricacies of maintaining a relationship. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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‘Love, Unscripted’ is a rom-com homage, but transcends the genre

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For fans of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine

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Reconnecting With the Past Over a Meal of ‘Braised Pork’

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A Haunting Debut Novel Brings New Faces to the Myth of the American West

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First #Merky Books novel makes Desmond Elliott Prize longlist

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Chelsea Bieker distills the fire and fury of the parched Central Valley

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Julia Alvarez discusses her radically different novel, 'Afterlife' (and defends 'American Dirt')

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Why Is Dying in America So Expensive?

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